Merriam-Webster defines trope as "a figure of speech". For creative writer types, tropes are more about conveying a concept to the audience without needing to spell out all the details. So what are popular tropes and why are they popular?

What is feminism? Why isn't there something called "masculinism"? Are men and women equal and should they be? Should women get something just because they are discriminated against? A heated debate about these and other questions in the long-awaited period by Darya.

Patriotism – what is it? Does it make any sense now? Is it just a part of our past that we should forget as fast as we can? “The true man's destiny” is to defend fatherland? The highest honor is to sacrifice yourself for the everyone's future? If it touches you in any way, or you just want to participate in such a holy war, you can come and sacrifice little more than an hour of your time to defend your opinion, and kill the opponents (with you wiseness of course).

Most of us have got very familiar with the subject over the past few years. However, there are both the countries with a much more strict regulation of internet usage and the countries with low or moderate level of control.

s this censorship really necessary? Or should there be a complete freedom on the internet? Has one of your favorite websites ever been restricted? Do you agree that the limited access to popular worldwide services will produce domestic alternatives which are good for the economy? Let’s discuss!

With all the recent technological advances, life is getting easier, but there are still many things we could delegate to gadgets, like... what? Come to present your ideas and compete in teams over being the author of the most useful gadget.

There are topics that have been much disputed for a very long time. We’ve all been in an argument over many of those. In this meeting, we’ll take a few of those topics, hear most popular reasonings from both sides of the issue and get to express our own opinions.

We will certainly touch on following subjects, so feel free to prepare some lines of argumentation or examples from real life beforehand:

Advertising has grown to be an industry worth many billions of dollars across the world. Online advertising alone is believed to be worth $24 billion a year. Almost all public space has some advertisements in sight and all forms of media, from newspapers to the cinema, are also filled with adverts. Whilst this helps companies sell their products, and helps consumers to learn what is on offer, many believe that this huge amount of advertising can be harmful. It may make people want too much, or things that they cannot have, or it might make them feel inadequate when they don't have something. Is it really that bad? Let's discuss.